Massachusetts Investors Trust Portfolio Overview
Active Through the Ages
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1920s
1930s-1940s
1950s-1960s
1970s
1980s-1990s
2000s
2010s-2020s
TIME
MFS
Creating the
mutual fund
Democratizing
investing
Establishing
department
Shaping legislation
in-house research
Growing a fund
into a movement
Entering the
retirement market
Pioneering
active bonds
Going global
Strengthening
client support
financial crisis
Crash of
Integrating fixed
income and equity
investment teams
Championing
and defining the
future of active
INDUSTRY
BACKDROP
Speculative,
expensive and
illiquid investing
New Deal Era
after Crash of 1929
Need for regulation
Boom period
Consumerism and
convenience
ERISA legislation
Birth of indexing
Shareholder
Primacy era begins
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Globalization
Advancement in
technology
Dot-Com Bubble
Global Financial
Crisis
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Pandemic and
Polycrisis
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A History of Bold Action
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